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the Hilo side, you can take that road that goes down to the coast and drive to those two parking areas on the Hilo side of the mill. As far as the, the pedestrian access does stop at the mill prope Community-only access that goes mauka from there. So, and the reason is the mill property is not part of this ownership or this application and we did not negotiate a preferential access. We did not negotiate a public access where that Pepeekeo Community access is on the Hilo side of the power plant, okay. Now on the questions you had about the access to the place where the water in front of where the radio tower used to be would be by pedestrian trail from the end of the Mill Road going around the point. ThatÓs about 1 ROHR:And they used to be able to get to it -? YUEN:I understand. ROHR:By just driving down the road or walking down the road, right? YUEN:I understand, yeah. ROHR:Okay. YUEN:Then you asked about the Chinese cemetery which is in a Honokaa direction from the Mill and itÓs not on, itÓs not part of this SMA or rezoning application. ItÓs about, oh, itÓs about half a mile or so north of Pepeekeo Point. That spot is accessed by, again, walking from a parking area at the road that goes past the banyan tree. There isnÓt, and then you have to go down to the coast and walk along the coast. That is a distance of somewhere between 2,000 feet and half a mile, is my estimate of how far that is. There is a problem in doing that right now. ThereÓs a little gully and we have to work out what we do to get across that little gully. ThatÓs one of the issues that weÓre trying to work out on the ground. ROHR:Well, at least think about signage and realize that when you . make -You know, here are these special deals for the Pepeekeo Association, Community Association, but the SMA guidelines are for public access. So youÓre basically saying that, oh, they cut a deal with the local association but the public has a different set of rules. Gee, wouldnÓt that be nice if I could do that in my neighborhood, I live down near Richardson Beach Park, if I could have special rules to use the beach park. But, no, the whole public has access to the beach park. I mean, the whole concept is public access. I think that not allowing people to at least walk along the roadway and be able to access those laterals is unreasonable because not everybody is in good enough shape, and there are some people who want to go visit the gravesites. And they have to make special arrangements? I mean, it just seems a little bit u canÓt just walk down the road. 12